Jamar Rogers Ends 'The Voice' On A High Note

Teams Adam and Cee Lo hit the stage to sing for America's votes.
By John Mitchell


Jamar Rogers on "The Voice"
Photo: NBC

Last week on "The Voice," Teams Blake and Christina hit the live stage and saw their numbers dwindle by two contestants each after all was said and done. On Monday night (April 9), it was Team Cee Lo and Team Adam's turn to sing for their survival in the competition and secure a spot in the quarterfinals.

Levine and Green, out of his Elvis clown costume from last week but sporting the bright red he's been rocking all season, seemed in good spirits at the top of the show, even joking with Blake about how underdressed he was.

Remember: The top three vote-getters from each team will move on automatically, while the bottom three will perform for their respective coach (and America, duh!) Tuesday night, hoping to secure Cee Lo or Adam's lone "save" to stay in the hunt to be the next "Voice."

Away we go!

Up first was Team Adam's Katrina Parker, singing the Smashing Pumpkins' "Tonight, Tonight." Adam's big advice for Katrina was to stay away from belting too hard to avoid comparisons to Adele. She did what he said but drew mixed reviews from the judges, who felt the song wasn't a good showcase for Parker's talents.

Team Cee Lo's first contestant to take the stage was Cheesa, whose play on the '70s classic "Don't Leave Me This Way" was brimming with coach Cee Lo's signature Technicolor swagger and had the judges championing her showmanship. "That was like watching 'Solid Gold,' " Blake said. "That had Cee Lo written all over it."

Team Adam's Tony Lucca has become an early favorite for one big reason: He used to share the TV screen with coach Christina Aguilera — who's been looking better than ever with toned-down makeup and hair since the live shows began — on Disney's "The Mickey Mouse Club." Sensing what Aguilera ultimately called out — that he can be a "one-dimensional" performer, who has been helped along by his connection to her — Adam pushed Lucca to go more pop with Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes," but Lucca's rocker growl struggled through the song's falsetto moments.

Kim Yarbrough was reliably strong if imperfect singing Adele, but when are we going to put a moratorium on tackling Adele? In its relatively short life, "Rolling in the Deep" has been pillaged by reality-TV singing contestants almost as much as, well, Christina's "Beautiful" circa 2004-ish "American Idol."

Boston mechanic James Massone from Team Cee Lo got tossed a curveball with Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why" and proved himself both a chameleon with a killer falsetto (take lessons, Tony Lucca) and quite a lady's man. Blake was his most enthusiastic supporter, declaring, "I almost threw my panties on the stage just now."

(And here we thought he only got worked up like that when his best bro hit the stage. Hope Adam doesn't get jealous!)

Meanwhile, the night's next two performers, gravel-voiced rocker Juliet Simms and unique-voiced Mathai, played right to their strengths with Sting's "Roxanne" and a jazzy remix of John Legend's "Ordinary People," respectively, and earned the expected raves. "You did the best of anyone who's performed so far," Adam said of Simms. "Your voice is dope," Xtina concurred.

Ultra-confident rocker Tony Vincent was up next, singing "Everybody Wants to Rule the World." If the Broadway-meets-dictator-podium stage setup was strange, his vocal performance was anything but. He reeled it in from previous performances and proved he could control his powerful voice.

Simms, Mathai and Vincent were definitely tough acts to follow, but subdued Karla Davis, singing "Airplanes," and Team Cee Lo's former model Erin Martin were picked for the task. Christina called Karla the "biggest surprise of the night," while Blake criticized the song choice, and even Adam commented that Davis did a stronger job when she was less nervous while they were practicing in the rehearsal space.

Martin certainly brought serious production values to her take on the Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" (with her chariot and man dancers, she was giving us Madonna at the Super Bowl vibes, albeit in a much smaller way) but forgot to bring much aggression to her actual performance. "Here we go again with the male strippers," Blake commented. "I think Blake just bought a one-way ticket to Boner Town," Adam quipped in response. "And it's not refundable," he hit back.

It's never a great sign when the judges are more consumed by the production than the performance when you're on a show called "The Voice," is it?

The folks behind the scenes wisely chose two of the show's best-known showstoppers for the end of the night, saving Team Adam's preppy Pip and Team Cee Lo's Jamar Rogers for last. Adam wanted Pip to break out of his shell and gave him the chance to show off his rock-star bona fides with "When You Were Young." Pip brought flash, but Christina wasn't loving it, saying she didn't feel like he was connected to the song and had early pitch issues. Adam agreed; Pip's got the voice, but he's missing the grit and, should he move forward, that is something they will have to work on.

Closing out the night, Rogers hit the stage in his best Michael Jackson jacket for Lenny Kravitz's "Are You Gonna Go My Way." The audience loved it and so did the judges, and Jamar, with his unstoppable stage presence and dramatic backstory of overcoming drug addiction and living with HIV, continues to seem like a front-runner in the competition.

Who do you think gave the best performance tonight on "The Voice"? Let us know in the comments below!

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Toms Shoes Founder Wants You To Ditch Your Shoes

Blake Mycoskie hopes to raise awareness about global poverty on Tuesday with One Day Without Shoes.
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Photo: Tom's Shoes

The guy responsible for putting thousands of pairs of shoes on needy children is now asking for a different kind of favor: Take off your shoes.

On Tuesday, One Day Without Shoes encourages people to walk barefoot to raise awareness of global poverty. Whether you go barefoot for as little as 10 minutes, during your lunch break, or make it a full-day affair, Toms Shoes creator Blake Mycoskie hopes to generate buzz that will help attract aid for children in need of shoes around the world.

MTV News recently caught up with Mycoskie to learn more about the campaign, which is in its fifth year. "Taking your shoes off for that one day will help create a lot of awareness, not only for what we are doing at Toms, but for what you might want to do or what someone else is doing to help in global poverty. It's an easy way to get involved, and it's my favorite day of the year, and it's free!"

More than 250,000 people around the world went barefoot last year in support of One Day Without Shoes.

Since the company was first founded in 2006, it's had major success with its one-for-one model, where it donates a pair of shoes to children in need for every pair purchased. The classic style of the shoe was first inspired by shoes worn by Argentine farmers for centuries, which Mycoskie observed during his travels as a contestant on "The Amazing Race."

As of last September, the company has donated more than 1 million pairs, but the success did not happen overnight.

"The first year that we started Toms was this amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience, because we didn't know what we were doing and we were traveling around the world, we were begging people to buy our shoes, we were figuring out how to give them away, we had no money and were literally just in that survival mode," Mycoskie recalled. "A couple of years ago ... we were able to move into an office and have a little more of a sustainable business and see the business grow and the media accept us and the retailers, and that was really awesome."

In 2011, the company launched Toms eyewear, using a similar model of one-for-one to help children receive either medical care, prescription glasses or sight-saving surgery.

As for the future of Toms Shoes, Blake has another shoe company in mind that he'd love to follow in its path. "I think that the dream is for Toms to follow in the Converse path. They have become a classic global fashion item that no matter what age you are or what country you live in, you have a pair of Chuck Taylors."

For Tuesday, though, regardless of the kinds of shoes you own, Mycoskie is hoping you leave them at home.

Will you participate in One Day Without Shoes? Let us know in the comments!

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1682730/toms-shoes-one-day-without-shoes.jhtml

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The phrase "too much of a good thing" apparently applies to Jennifer Love Hewitt's chest. Lifetime thought so, at least, covering those puppies up in a new ad.

Updated ads for The Client List, based on the movie of the same name and also starring Hewitt, show the actress' ample chest has been dramatically reduced.

In the original, sexier ad on the right, the 33-year-old flaunts her breasts in a revealing, low-cut black slip. But in a second ad, that negligee grew via Photoshop:

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So what did Hewitt think about the sizable digital breast reduction?

"Somebody sent me a copy of the photograph, and I was like, 'Um, what happened?'" she told N.Y.C.'s KROQ's Kevin & Bean Show. "I'm not quite sure what's going on there. But apparently somebody wanted me to have a boob reduction."

Someone moronic? Not necessarily.

JLH said she thinks it's hotter "not to show everything" and won't go nude for the role, telling ET, "That's not something that I feel particularly comfortable with."

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Source: http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2012/04/jennifer-love-hewitt-cleavage-covered-up-in-ads-for-the-client-l/

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"Jennifer had planned a fun day to celebrate Casper's birthday," a source says of the day that ended with Smart's customized white Dodge Ram truck.

J. Lo "knew that Casper really wanted a truck, and Casper was very excited about the generous gift," says the source. Lopez herself also Tweeted:

"@BEAUcasperSMART 'Beau has a birthday we're so glad we hope it's the happiest Birthday Beau ever has!' #singingtweet. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAR!!!"

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After a shopping trip and lunch in Beverly Hills, the smitten couple continued the birthday celebration with a fun dinner at Cecconi's in West Hollywood.

With a group of friends, they enjoyed Northern Italian comfort food, including pasta, fish and wine in the restaurant's private Butterfly Room.

The birthday boy even brought his present along for the celebration.

Casper Smart "was so excited about his new truck that he decided to drive it to dinner," adds the source. "She was smiling about Casper's excitement."

Bottom line: It pays to be Jennifer Lopez's rebound plaything.

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Top Story? (feature beneath menu): 
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